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Events

January

• January 26 - The president of Iran, Mohammad Khatami, is the guest at the Republic Day celebration.

January 26 is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Hujjatul Islam wal Muslimeen Sayyed Mohammad Khatami (Persian : سید محمد خاتمی), born on September 29, 1943, in Ardakan city of Yazd province, is an Iranian intellectual, philosopher and political figure. ...

February

• February 5 - 9 - Aero-India show is held in Bangalore.

February 5 is the 36th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... February 9 is the 40th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... The Aero-India show is a biennial show held in India since 1997. ... Bangalore (proposed to be renamed Bengalooru or Bengaluru) (Kannada: ; pronunciation: in Kannada and in English) is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. ...

March

India put up a great show at the ICC Cricket World Cup in South Africa after poor performances in the past and go on to the Finals. They were defeated by Australia in the Finals.

April

• April 18 - Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, at his first rally in Srinagar, makes a historic announcement of a peace initiative with Pakistan.

April 18 is the 108th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (109th in leap years). ... Atal Bihari Vajpayee (Hindi: , pronunciation: ) (born December 25, 1924) was the Prime Minister of India in 1996 and again from October 13, 1998 until May 19, 2004. ... Srinagar (Hindi: श्रीनगर, Urdu: سرینگر, Kashmiri: سِرېنَگَر सिरीनगर) , is the summer capital of the state of Jammu and Kashmir in India, and is situated in the valley of Kashmir. ...

May

• May 31 - Prime Minister Vajpayee has the rare honour of joining the head table at the 300th foundation day of St. Petersburg with Vladimir Putin and George W. Bush.

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June

• June 22 - Vajpayee is in China. India concedes that Tibet is an integral part of China. China agrees to recognise Sikkim's accession to India.

June 22 is the 173rd day of the year (174th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 192 days remaining. ... Anthem: Tibetan National Anthem Capital (and largest city) Lhasa Official languages Tibetan Government Government in exile  - Head of State His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso  - Head of Government Professor Venerable Samdhong Rinpoche Occupied by Peoples Republic of China  Area  - Total 2. ... Sikkim (also Sikhim) (DevanāgarÄ«: सिक्किम  ) is a landlocked Indian state nestled in the Himalayas. ...

July

• July 14 - India refuses to send troops to Iraq.

July 14 is the 195th day (196th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 170 days remaining. ...

August

• August 25 - 52 killed in two bomb blasts in Mumbai, India.

August 25 is the 237th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (238th in leap years), with 128 days remaining. ... The 1993 Mumbai bombings were a series of 15 bomb explosions that took place in Mumbai (Bombay), India on March 12, 1993. ... Mumbai (Marathi: मुंबई, IPA: ), formerly known as Bombay, is the capital of the state of Maharashtra, the most populous city of India, and by some measures the most populous city in the world with an estimated population of about 13 million (as of 2006). ...

September

• September 9 - Israel's prime minister, Ariel Sharon, makes the first ever visit by an Israeli PM to India even as neighbour Pakistan raises eyebrows and Islamic countries watch silently.
• September 24 - US President George W. Bush invites Vajpayee to lunch in New York during Vajpayee's US trip. It is considered an important meet for Indo-US relations. Several deals are struck on civilian nuclear technology, space, hi-tech trade and missile defence.

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October

• October 6 - Vajpayee visits Bali for the second time in 2 years.
• October 22 - India announces confidence-building measures with respect to Indo-Pakistani relations: more buses, flights, higher mission strength, etc.

October 6 is the 279th day of the year (280th in leap years). ... This is the current Indonesian Collaboration of the week. ... October 22 is the 295th day of the year (296th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 70 days remaining. ...

November

• November 15 - Vajpayee visits Syria.

November 15 is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 46 days remaining. ...

December